{
  "id": 9113949,
  "title": "White House Launches ‘Trump TV’ Amid Feud With Press",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/white-house-launches-trump-tv-amid-feud-with-press",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-22T08:46:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Time",
    "slug": "time",
    "url": "https://time.com/article/2026/09/22/trump-tv-white-house-press-pool-ban-boycott-state-media/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The White House unveiled \"Trump TV\" on September 21, 2026, as a 24/7 video feed centered around President Donald Trump's accomplishments and announcements. The new channel, hosted on YouTube, debuted with a replay of Trump's speech at Mount Rushmore from July 3. As major news networks boycotted coverage of the President due to his ban on multiple outlets, the White House sought to fill the television reporting void with Trump TV. The purpose of the feed is to showcase the Administration's \"greatest hits, unfiltered,\" according to Kaelan Dorr, the White House's deputy assistant and digital strategy head. The ban on press outlets CNN, MSNBC, and Politico led to their subsequent suspension of television pool coverage of presidential events. Critics, including Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom, Senator Mark Kelly, and former Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham, accused the Trump Administration of launching \"state-run TV\" in an autocratic move to suppress opposing narratives and control public perception.",
  "summary": "Critics labeled the 24/7 feed as “state run” media as its launch coincided with traditional news outlets being banned from the White House.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 6,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Japan Times",
        "title": "CNN, MS NOW and Politico sue over Trump’s White House press ban",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/cnn-ms-now-and-politico-sue-over-trumps-white-house-press-ban",
        "published": "2026-09-22T00:23:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Times of India",
        "title": "Amid Trump’s clash with CNN, Politico, MS NOW, White House launches ‘Trump TV’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/amid-trumps-clash-with-cnn-politico-ms-now-white-house-launches-trump",
        "published": "2026-09-22T00:28:28.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "Amid Trump’s clash with CNN, Politico, MS NOW, White House launches ‘Trump TV’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/amid-trumps-clash-with-cnn-politico-ms-now-white-house-launches-trump-9051850",
        "published": "2026-09-22T01:16:26.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Toronto Sun",
        "title": "White House launches ‘Trump TV’ after networks pull out of press pool",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/white-house-launches-trump-tv-after-networks-pull-out-of-press-pool",
        "published": "2026-09-22T01:52:18.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "TheWrap",
        "title": "Trump TV Draws Ire Amid White House Press Shutout: ‘State-Run Media’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/trump-tv-draws-ire-amid-white-house-press-shutout-state-run-media",
        "published": "2026-09-22T01:53:39.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}